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Google today officially detailed the new Fi Web Calls & Messages that started rolling out yesterday. The MVNO acknowledges that there are a “few changes to how things work under the hood.” 

Following the announcement at I/O 2025 in May, Google Wallet is letting users set up nearby pass notifications.

Google has rolled out a new camera to the NotebookLM app that lets you quickly upload images and use them as sources.

YouTube TV makes for a pretty solid cable replacement, but if you’ve switched to Google’s service from traditional TV offerings, you’ve probably noticed C-SPAN and its spin-off networks have been missing since launch. Starting today, that’s finally changing.

As of this coming Friday, Google will have opened four retail locations in 2025. Google Store Georgetown is coming tomorrow to serve the Washington, DC area. 

After testing earlier this year, Google Messages is now rolling out a big redesign and modernization of its photo viewer.

After previewing last month with the launch of Gemini 3 Pro, the new Deep Think mode is now available for Google AI Ultra subscribers.

The OnePlus 15 was meant to arrive in the United States last month, but the longest government shutdown in this country’s history brought that plan to a halt. After several weeks of delays, though, the company’s next long-lasting flagship is now available for pre-order.

According to a new report, Samsung is working on its own first-party Qi2 25W wireless charging dock for the Galaxy S26 series, which is expected to finally natively adopt Qi2 magnets.

Samsung, as the first-mover in the foldable market, always held a strong position in the market, but it’s no secret that prior generations were putting the company on a path to second place. Following the launch of the Galaxy Z Fold 7, though, Samsung has reestablished its dominance over the foldable market according to the latest numbers.

For whatever reason, the Galaxy Watch 6 One UI 8 update has felt slower than previous rollouts. Users in the US are starting to see Samsung’s latest upgrade to Wear OS 6 on the Galaxy Watch 6.

Code within some Google apps suggests that the Pixel Watch series is not only taking notes from the Apple Watch with new pinch gestures coming, but also reviving a lost but not forgotten Android Wear gesture.

Back in October, Google said Fi Wireless would “update web calls and messages.” This works by introducing a new Google Fi Web Calls page, while RCS is now handled by Google Messages for web.

As part of yesterday’s Android 16 QPR2 launch and new features drop, Google is ending Samsung’s exclusivity on continuous Circle to Search translations.

Following Android and iOS last month, the Gemini web app is getting its redesign, with Google aiming for a “clean, modern look.”

After teasing at I/O 2024 and announcing this April, Google today is launching Workspace Studio as a new automation tool that lets you “design, manage, and share AI agents” powered by Gemini 3’s multimodal understanding.

Android is testing new scam protections in the US to combat sophisticated social engineering tactics that “trick users into sharing their phone screen” and bank apps.

Amazon’s Alexa+ is starting to roll out some of its more advanced features, including a new option on Fire TV that lets you skip straight to a specific movie scene with just a voice command and a brief description.

We’re rapidly approaching Samsung’s usual launch window for its next Galaxy S-series flagship, and with it comes a pretty interesting teaser for the company’s chipset that might find its way into large parts of that lineup.